Lanchester Wines in Gateshead, northeast England, became the first private business in Britain to draw heat from disused underground coal mines. Two open-loop water source heat pumps with a combined 4-megawatt capacity now heat more than 33,000 square metres of warehouse space. Britain has around 23,000 flooded coal mines, a quarter of which sit beneath homes and businesses.
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Weinimporteur im Nordosten Englands heizt 33.000 m² mit stillgelegten Kohlebergwerken

THE GUARDIAN

Lanchester Wines in Gateshead, Nordostengland, ist das erste Privatunternehmen Grossbritanniens, das Wärme aus stillgelegten Untertageberg­werken gewinnt. Zwei Wärmepumpen mit offener Schleife und einer Gesamtleistung von 4 Megawatt beheizen mehr als 33.000 m² Lagerfläche. Grossbritannien zählt rund 23.000 geflutete Kohlebergwerke.

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